I have code in my bootloader that runs a CRC on the loaded code for a
sanity check. For that I need a length. Of course, that needs to be
supplied after the code is compiled, but I allocate space for it by
doing the following:
In the .c file:
/* flash code length -- this is loaded in flash by the linker and other
scripts */
const uint32_t ProgramLength __attribute__ ((section (".length"))) = 0;
Modified linker script (This is avr<architecture>.x in
<WinAVR>\avr\lib\ldscripts - for me avr6.x):
. . .
/* Internal text space or external memory. */
.text :
{
*(.vectors)
KEEP(*(.vectors))
*(.length)
KEEP(*(.length))
/* For data that needs to reside in the lower 64k of progmem. */
*(.progmem.gcc*)
. . .
(where the .length stuff is what I added)
Give it a shot.
Best regards,
Stu Bell
DataPlay (DPHI, Inc.)
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Subject: RE: [avr-gcc-list] Howto put constants on fixed address
Well, perhaps I've written something wrong, because I think that you are
talking about something else. Or I did not understand that, that is also
possible :-).
I need to put my constants on specific address into flash memory, not
into sram. I want to have the resulting flash content like this:
0000-03FF some part of .text section (including vectors and so on)
0400-041F my .foo section
0420-end the rest of .text section
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>> Hi, I need to put some constants on specific address, for example
>> 0x400.
>>
>> I've declared my constants in a section .foo:
>> char __attribute__ ((section(".foo"))) myconsts="qwertyuiop";
>>
>> then I've compiled that code using:
>> -Wl,-section-start=.foo=0x200
>>
>>
>> But I get this error:
>> .... ld.exe: section .foo [00000400 -> 0000040a] overlaps section
>> .text [00000000 -> 00001b7d]
>>
>>
>> I've tried to change the linker script and so on, but I was unable to
>> "insert" my code into the .text section. The only solution was to
>> place my section after the end of the .text section, so the sections
>> do not overlap, but that is not what I want. Is it possible to put
>> section to any address?
>> Or are the sections "unbreakable"?
>
>I thought this answer was in the avr-libc user manual somwhere.
>
>The linker cannot do separate address spaces, it only knows about a
>single address space. So .data, .bss, .eeprom are set at specific, very
>high offsets to make them fit in this single address space and not
>overlap the .text (code) section. Add the relevant offset to your
>-section-start flag. See the default linker scripts to see how this
>works.
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